The workplace has changed dramatically in the past decade and is now subject to myriad employment laws and regulations. In an increasingly complex legal environment, privacy rights, medical leaves, annual leaves, sexual harassment, disability discrimination, and wrongful termination are just a few of the potentially explosive and endless array of issues and challenges confronting today's employers and employees. To address these concerns, the consultants at Sawarn & Co work closely with our clients to provide responsive, individualised advice and representation.

Developing such invaluable knowledge about our clients enables us to provide sound legal counsel and advice in designing workplace policies, practices and procedures to minimize and avoid potential liability and litigation. 

We work to prevent employment disputes, but litigate a broad range of employment issues including employment discrimination, sexual harassment, and unlawful termination when appropriate before courts, tribunals and arbitrations. 

We develop client-specific lawsuit prevention strategies. In addition, we also counsel clients about legal notification requirements, employee benefits, arrangements with medical providers, safety programs and claims administration. We also have extensive experience negotiating and drafting executive compensation agreements, employment contracts, agency agreements, confidentiality agreements, separation agreements, non-competition agreements and collective bargaining agreements

Our Clients Require us to:

	Provide strategic and cost effective representation and defence of employment claims and charges in trial and appellate courts and before tribunals for employers and employees.
	Negotiate collective bargaining agreements with unions.
	Draft, develop, review and enforce all employment documents, such as employment contracts, employee handbooks and manuals, drug-free workplace standards, email and internet policies and many agreements.
	Develop and review pay practices to ensure that they comply with minimum wage requirements.
	Provide support, advice and address workplace issues involving employment discrimination, sexual harassment, disability, employee absences and leave, discipline and termination, wage and hour, safety and health, substance abuse, and reductions in force.
	Place training facilities to managers and supervisors on proper and effective discipline, investigation and termination techniques, and prevention of unlawful discrimination, sexual and other harassment.